Here is a list of the Frequently Asked Questions about CreaBar, program that allows you to create the most common bar codes.

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D: Is it possible to work with CreaBar, using Windows 3.1?
R: CreaBar is a 32 bit program so it functions with Windows 95 and next versions. We have realized also a 16 bit DLL for everyone that uses 16 bit programmation language (Windows 3.1).
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D: What programmation languages can CreaBar be interfaced with?
R: CreaBar contains 2 DLLs (a 16 bit DLL and a 32 bit DLL) and an ActiveX Control. The DLLs can be used by any application which uses dynamic links. The ActiveX Control can be used by applications developed in Access or other languages which use OCX Controls.
In the subdirectories Delphi and Access of CreaBar there are many examples for Borland Delphi, Borland Pascal and Microsoft Access. In the CreaBar's help you can find the following examples:
Corel Draw 7 Script Editor
Borland Pascal
Borland Delphi
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D: What are the differences between the CreaBar Shareware version and the Registered version?
R: In the Shareware version it's possible to create only the bar codes EAN 8 and EAN 13; for the other codes a fixed text string is created.
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D: What types of bar codes is it possible to create with CreaBar?
R: The bar codes created by CreaBar are the following:
EAN 8
EAN 13
UPC/A
UPC/E
EAN/UCC 128
CODE 128
CODE 39
CODE 39 FULL ASCII
CODE 93
CODE 32 ITALIAN PHARMACEUTICAL
INTERLEAVE 2/5 (ITF)
CODE ITF-14
CODABAR
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D: How can you register CreaBar?
R: If you want to register CreaBar, you must have the Shareware version. There is an order form inside the program: it must be compiled and sent to CompuArt (by e-mail or fax or mail) in order to receive the activation code.
It's possible to download the CreaBar Shareware version directly from this site.
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D: What can you do if it's necessary to reinstall the CreaBar Registered version?
R:In this case, you must install the CreaBar Shareware version and copy the file CBAR21.RG in the Windows directory. The file CBAR21.RG (created by the program at the moment of the first registration) contains your registration data.
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D: How can the bar codes, created by CreaBar, be copied in other applications?
R: CreaBar creates the bar codes in a Windows graphic metafile form and copies them in the "clipboard". From here the bar codes can be imported in every type of document (Microsoft Word, Excel, Publisher, ect.).
This operation can be execute pressing the button Copy or choosing the relative command from the menu File of CreaBar and the command Paste from the menu of the program where the bar code must be copied.
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D: How and why is it necessary to use the option "Bar width reduction"?
R: There is, inside CreaBar, an option that allows you to print very clear bar codes on every type of printer. In fact, this value allows you to reduce the eventual "slaver" over the established limits of the black bar that causes a wrong or impossible lecture of the bar code by the scanner.
This parameter changes for every type of printer (laser, ink jet, etc.).
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D: How can I insert the unprintable characters and the function characters in Code 128?
R: The unprintable characters can be codified writing their ASCII code preceded by the symbol ##.
The symbol ## must always be followed by three numbers: if the ASCII code is lower than 100 write one or two ZERO between it and the symbol ##.
The function characters "FNC1, FNC2, FNC3, FNC4" can be codified writing the values "##201, ##202, ##203, ##204".
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D: Is it possible to codify the function keys?
R: The function keys are unprintable characters so they can be codified only by Code 128, Code 39 Full ASCII and Code 93 writing their ASCII code preceded by the symbol ##.
Example:
F1 = ##016
F2 = ##017
F3 = ##018
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